Improvement in ribbon-wire



J. FETTIS.

RIBIBON WIRE.

Patented. De.5, 1876.

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-NITEDSTTESL PATENT; UFFICI}.

JESSE F E.T.TIS, OFYNIEW YORK, NTY.

IMPROVEIVENT IN RI'BBON WIRE.

Speoification forming partof Lette'rs Patent No. 185,093, dated Dec'emher5, 1876 applicati'on filed September 30, 1876.

To all whom z't may concorra Be it known that I, JESSE FETTIS, of New York city, in the State of New York, have invented certaiu new and useful Improvements relating to Ribbon-Wire, of whioh the followiug is a specification:

Ribbon-wire, sometimes denominatori wiretaste, cap-wire, or three-wire ribbon, has long ben known in the market, and is of great utility in many articles of clothing,;particularly the head-dresses for ladies andbhil- As heretofore construoted it was a na rrow ribbou or tape of cotton, With three ofthe ootton warps omittecl, and three slender iron wires substituted in the plaoe thereof.

I have discovered that an art-i019 rivaling this old manufaoture in all its useful qualities, and exceeding it in some of the most important, may be manufactured rapidly with little cost, by inclosing the wires held at a suitable distance apart within a folded fabric proviously prepared by the ordinary cheap processes in great widths, and out up into strips. I have devised a construotion which conoeals a-nd defends the edge, and the cementing material is doubly useful by contributing stif fness to the manufacture.

The following s a description of what I oonsider the best means of carrying out the invention.

The accompanying drawings form part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a face view of a short length of my completed ribbon-wire. Fig. 2 is a crosssection thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, giviug an outline of the essentia-l parts of the apparatus Iemploy in the manufaoture.

1 out by band or by machinery two sets of strips of muslin. One set has a Width nearly twice as great as the proposed artiole the other is less wide. I wind these sets on separate reels, ready to be delivered, as required. I lead through suitable guides uuder proper tension two wires, al; a proper distance apart to form the edges of my uarrow goods, and I lead midway betweeu the1n a thi'rd wire, or, if preferred, a yarn of cottou. A11 of these are moisteued With a cementiug materia], preferably a strong solutiou -of size or with water and dextrine. I lead through a suitable folding-guide one of the wide strips glue,

of muslin, and fold the edges inward over the wires. So soon as the edges are fairly folded over, the narrow strip, previously made adhesive with the cemeuting material on its under surface, is pressed down, @nd covers the folded edge, and nearly the entire upper surface. 'Ihe wire or ya;ru presented. in the middle of the Width is held between the abutting edges of the wide strip. 'lhe material, having been properly compressed. together in this condition, is dried and wouud on thin board for sale and use.

Referring to the figures, A A are the edgeriedto a moderate extent by rapid artificial beat, and that it shall be completed by the slower process of exposure to the ar in the shade, I thus increa-se the toughness of the product.

Referring to Fig. 3, G is a roller partially immersed in a dish, showing the liquid cementing material, aud. slowly revolving as the narrow strip of material D is drawn in contact therewith. F is a scraper, thai: removes mo st of the cemeut, and. allows only just enough to go ver on the roller and be transferred to the lower foce of the strip D. The edge-wires A and intermediate yarn are similarly moistened With eement by passing in contact With a similar Wheel. (N ot represented.) H is a foIding-guide, through whioh the Wide fabric O 0 is drawn, and. folded over upon the wires and yaru. I J are rollers, preferenbly of india-rubber, whioh press the compound and dampeued material gently but firmly together. K is a steam-heated cylinder, around which the finished but very damp fabric is carried one or more times, and partially dried.

I can use more than three of the wires or other longitudiual parts, if preferred. I can use paper instead of musliu for one or both of the parts 0 D. Preferably, however, the whole is made exaotly as I have described. It can be produced rapidly by machinery. The machiues are fuud to require but little skill or care.

By the employment of the yarn B instead of an additional wire along the center of the 2. The central wire or yark1 B and edgewires A, in combina.ton with the flexible folded strip O G a.ud covering-strip D, as and for the purpose herein specified.

In testimony whexeof I ha.ve hereunto set my baud this 29th day of September, 1876, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JESSE FET'1IS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES O. STETSON, A. HENRY' GENTNEB. 

